, 1887-08-18

Way, mas been arrested in Logan county,
Neb., about fifty miles north of North
Platte,
The first intimation of the capture was
conveyed in the following dispatch, re
ceived by Sheriff Sharpless yesterday:
NORTH PLATTE. Aug. 1.-THE sheriff
OF Logan county has notified me that he
has in custody James Harris, alias
Charles Parker, who is charged with the
robbery of Paymaster Bash. What shall
be done with him +? Is there a reward
for his apprehension? If SO, how much?
Wire me Immediately.
LUKE f. HALEY,
Sheriff Lincoln county.
The Laramie county official at once
t~elegraphed Haley to cause the prisoner
to be held and closely guarded, and in
formed the Nebraska officer that in addi-
ton to the 81. 900 offered by Paymaster
Bash that there was a standing reward of
$3.50 in Wyoming for the arrest and con-
viction of a highway robber.
Sheriff Sharpless then placed the mat
ter in the hands of Paymaster Bash and
United States Marshal Carr, who will
attend to the case.
Parker had previously been employed
on various ranches throughout Western
Nebraska, and it is supposed that he fled
to that locality Immediately after commit
ting the robbery.
He probably thought that his friends
in that section would assist him in resist
ing the officers in case he was located, and
that justice would be cheated by the in
difference of the residents of Logan
county, which is a newly and sparsely set
tied section.
Early in June Parker rode into a set.
Element In Logan county and declared
with the sang frotd of an Omaha capital
ist that he desired to purchase a good
ranch, well improved, and was willing to
pay a liberal cash price for a desirable
location. He was not compelled to make
a very extensive search In order to secure
a bargain, and was soon established on
what was styled by the graingers the
best farm in the hull county.
Parker is naturally a sociable being, and
is not a bad looking fellow. Indeed, but
for his bow-legs he might be called a
fine appearing man. Like the majority
of the cowboys he had left a sweetheart
down east, and he had several times
asserted that the prime object of his exis-
tence was to marry the maiden of his
choice, settle down, cease rowing, and lead
a quiet, peaceable and useful life.
The bold highway robber thinks rapidly
and acts with great a%lacrity. In less than
two weeks after he had purchased the
farm a handsome blonde, aged about IS,
arrived at the Parker ranch bright and
early one morning. That evening the
twain were made one by the justice OF the
peace who presided over affairs judicial in
that community.
The nelghbors assert that the fugitive
simply worshipped his wife and that she
deserved his homage. After living in
welded bliss for about a month Parker
concluded that the shanties which had
been erected upon his claim were insult
ed to a citizen in a~fluent circumstances,
and conceived the idea of building a mag
nifcent cottage with all modern improve
ments upon the place.
After forming this resolution he visited
North Platte, the nearest railway station,
frequently, and on these trips he con
tracted Tor large quantities of lumber,
brick, costly furniture, etc. He spent
money freely and always seemed to have
an unlimited amount of cash about his
person. Parker could never understand
the utility of banks and would not pat
ronize those institutions. /"
The criminal was not particularly care
tul to conceal his identity, and although
he was known to strangers as Jas. Harris,
a number Of people in North Platte called
him Parker. He was warned upon num-
erous occasions that he would certainly be
detected if he continued to exhibit him
self so openly.